Anybody who has Ameraucanas...

[horsejody]

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People always ask me if my dog, Leo, is a Lhapsa Apsa or a Lhaso Apso. I always say, "No, he is a Lhasa Apso." I know it's silly, but it's like somebody taking their fingernails down a chalkboard to me.

The misrepresentation of breeds doesn't just happen in the poultry world. Try finding a good Haflinger horse. All sorts of ding dongs are out there selling horses they call Haflingers that are anything but. I saw an ad for a purebred pinto Haflinger. There is no such thing. They only come in varying shades of chestnut. Then there was a guy that was selling a Belgian cross and calling it a Haflinger. I asked him if he knew that Haflinger was breed name. He said, "It's not a real breed. Everybody knows that a Haflinger is a horse that's half draft."

They are breed of Austrian mountain ponies/horses!!! OOOHHH! Don't get me started. I sympathize with the Ameraucana people! Gosh, I hope I spelled that right!

 

[speckledhen]

There are many words in the English language that you cannot sound out and just have to take time to learn to spell. Ameraucana is rather like that.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! So a Frizzle is not a Phrizzle and an Orfington is not an Orphington?
Sorry, couldn't resist --- hahaha!
The only way I can remember the correct spelling is to think Ame*RAW*cana --- except spelled RAU, not RAW.

Cute pups!

Lisa

 

[Birch Run Farm]

A co-worker has some hatchery EE's but they were listed as araucanas so to her (no matter what I say or show her pictures of) they are araucanas.

She pronounces the word....

Auw ra COON yas

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi!
For now and for ever more, Aracauna WILL be pronounced
Auw-ra-COON-ass.
Thanks for the giggle!

Lisa

 

[Mahonri]

Question:

I have some pure bred Blue Ameraucanas and also some Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas.

If I were to breed a blue roo to one of the wheaten hens, or a blue wheaten roo to a blue hen, does that make them easter eggers?

 

[Momo]

Yep.

 

[Kristy in WA]

Ok, after reading this whole thread, since I'm a newbie at chickens, when I go to the feedstore and buy my chicks...if it says Ameracauna, am I actually not getting that? I've seen both Aracaunas and Ameracaunas at the feedstore. Are these most likely just EE's, and not the real thing? Help me understand here because I'm going to buy some chicks next week, and I wanted some Ameracaunas, among a few other types. Thanks in advance! Kristy

 

[Tailfeathers]

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Yes, if you get an "Ameraucana" from a hatchery or a feedstore you are with almost absolute certainty getting an Easter Egger. 99.99999% of the time.

If you do a search on BYC for "Ameraucana" or even me as the Author you will find more than enough posted information already to answer all your questions.

If you would like to get some true WBS Ameraucanas, check out my website and then let me know.

God Bless,

 

[Mahonri]

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See, that makes no sense to me.

All are "pure bred" Ameraucanas, but if you x one strain of purebred Ameraucana with another purebred strain of Ameraucana, you get an Easter Egger. Go figure.